He returned to the Lively Bee, and after converse with the captain it was resolved to run back to the nearest port and take in the Caroline.
Already the fog was lifting, and the first rays of dawn breaking through the night clouds.
The Caroline and Lively Bee must be many miles away before morning came.
The crew was a small one, but to Tempest's great joy, he found among the sailors of the Caroline five Americans who had been impressed, and who were delighted at the thought of sailing under the starry flag.
The sails were set, and though the risk of running landward in such a fog was great, the two vessels attempted it, and when the sun made its morning obeisance to nature, and the beautiful rays of jeweled fire illumined the ocean, Captain Vernon congratulated Tempest on his capture, and rejoiced to think that the Poietiers was not in sight.
[CHAPTER XVIII.]
A STRANGE SAIL.